![]() ![]() ![]() He maintained that inhabitants of warmer, more tropical climates were lazier than the harder working, more resourceful types who lived in more temperate climes. It was most famously espoused by the eighteenth-century French philosopher Montesquieu. What causes such differences? The geography hypothesis has been the most influential theory designed to explain such inequality – but that theory falls short here. ![]() They have better access to healthcare and education, their crime rates are lower, and the average household income is three times higher. The residents of Nogales, Arizona have a much higher standard of living than those living south of the border in Nogales, Sonora. On the border shared by Mexico and the United States there lies a town that’s divided in half between the two nations. ![]()
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